"Sasukeee, Temeee, to think you were my friend on AL for three years now!", Naruto greeted him with a slap to the back of his shoulder.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes at him, "Ouch, dobe, that hurts... And try to log in early today, I wanna go on more raids since we couldn't yesterday", Sasuke stated casually.

"Gotcha, I'll log in right after going back then", Naruto said cheerfully.

"Hn... Actually, wanna come over and log in at my place instead..? I've never had any real life gamer friends before so...", Sasuke admitted, awkwardly scratching his cheek.

"Hmm. I'd honestly love to, but are you sure..? Won't you be uncomfortable since I swing that way..?", Naruto had never visited another guy's house before, so honestly this was a little nerve-wracking for him too. But he didn't want to make it obvious yet so he tried to hide it. (He was close to his middle school gamer friends but he never went over to hang out at their house, they usually hung out at game centers or internet cafés, or just logged in from their own houses)

"Not really, since it's you", Sasuke said confidently.

Naruto sweatdroped with a smile. He couldn't help but think that Sasuke was trusting him too carelessly. But it made him really happy. He wanted to do everything to see through he doesn't break that trust.

"Then, I'll be in your care", he said politely and grinned.

"Hn, likewise", Sasuke smiled lightly, looking away.

Right after school ended. Naruto walked back home with Sasuke for the first time - not to mention to Sasuke's home.

He was nervous to say the least.

"What are you so nervous about..?", Sasuke questioned confusedly, noticing it right away.

Naruro sweatdroped at being caught right off the bat. But tried to explain himself as honestly as possible, "Well, how should I put this-? It's actually my first time going over to another guy's house so... Sorry for being uselessly nervous", Naruto admitted rather shyly.

"For real, I'm sure you introduced me to some guys on AL, saying they were your friends IRL..? I thought for sure you were close with them", Sasuke said in surprise.

"Hm, we're close, but... They're straight you know, and I'm heterophobic. They're really nice but, I just didn't feel comfortable enough with them I guess, So when they asked to hang out at their place sometimes I always refused. They eventually just understood I wasn't comfy with it so we only ever hung out at other places outside", Naruto admitted sheepishly, sounding a little guilty.

"Eh? Then are you sure you're really fine coming over to my place?!", Sasuke asked worriedly.

"I'm fine, I'm fine, just a little nervous is all", Naruto said as he chuckled lightly.

"I.. I definitely won't do anything that will make you uncomfortable! But tell me honestly if you're not okay, alright? ", Sasuke said seriously.

Naruto blushed a little, looking away. It bothered him a bit that his heart ended up skiping a beat for Sasuke again but he tried to ignore it, "...Thanks", he muttered in a whisper.

"Hn, it's fine", Sasuke muttered right back, feeling a little shy himself after seeing Naruto's reaction.

They walked the rest of the way to Sasuke's house in an unusually comfortable silence - even though they were always so talkative with each other.

After reaching, Sasuke mentioned that both his parents and his elder brother were working so they're usually back home late. And Naruto felt just a bit more nervous knowing this but still casually tried to comment about how it's surprising that Sasuke was someone's younger brother.

They talked about other trivial things and logged into AL soon after. Sasuke logged in from his own laptop and gave Naruto his brother's personal laptop -that he usually leaves at home- to log in from. Sasuke was glad he'd downloaded AL on his brother's laptop too.

As they got more into the game, Naruto completely forgot about his nervousness.

He never expected to feel this comfortable at another guy's place,  but maybe because it was sasuke, he felt unbelievably comfortable. Enough to causally lay around on Sasuke's bed, with sasuke himself laying right next to him. Both just completely immersed in the game, comfortably laying down on their stomachs. (They both got tired after sitting for two hours straight so they eventually shifted to the bed)

After a while longer, Naruto suggested they pause the game and eat something since he was legit starving.

Even though Sasuke usually cooks something up for himself as he's used to staying home alone, he figured that'd take too long if he started now so he decided to order something from online and brought some snacks up to his room that they could munch on till it arrived.

They watched a random movie whilst munching on those snacks and as soon as their order arrived, they dug right in.

Then after they were done eating, they continued playing again till late into the night, until Naruto finally realized that it was a little too late and that he'd completely forgotten that he even had to go back home.

He apologized to Sasuke profusely.

"It's really fine so you don't need to feel so sorry about it, and even I forgot that you had to go back home", Sasuke said sheepishly, "It was super fun playing from the same place, let's do this again, okay?", Sasuke added cheerfully.

Naruto couldn't help but agree, he grinned brightly as he nodded, "I'd love that..!"

Sasuke smiled lightly, then remembered something vital, "I just remembered... The guest room is a complete mess since we recently started using it as a store room and the extra futon is still drying outside... Sorry, are you fine with sleeping on the same bed..?", Sasuke asked guiltily.

Naruto gapped.

No- It's not alright- It's not alright at all! But...

"It's okay, I'm sorry for the trouble", he said awkwardly.

"No, I'm the one who should apologize. I'm sorry for this. I'll sleep in my brother's room if you really can't handle it", Sasuke said worriedly.

"No! It's really fine! Please don't worry!", Naruto felt really bad about worrying him. Even though he was honestly not that comfortable with the idea, since he was fine laying next to him while they were gaming, so it should be alright. Right..?

"...Just tell me honestly, if you're uncomfortable, okay?", Sasuke added worriedly.

"Hm, I know, but I think I'll be fine with it, so it's really okay", he smiled lightly. Though still a little unsure, he really did think that it would probably be okay. Most probably...

"I won't lay a finger on you, I swear", Sasuke reassured him.

Naruto's lips parted at the sudden declaration but soon he was smiling, then chuckled as he said, "Shouldn't that be my line? I'm the one who's gay you know"

"That's exactly why. You don't feel safe with just any guy since you swing that way, right?", Sasuke said confidently.

Naruto smiled fondly. A guy who was just blindly homophobic, barely a bit more than two months ago, was now someone who understood him better than anyone else - probably more than anyone else in this whole universe. He couldn't have felt safer.

"Thanks, Sasuke. If it's you, I'll definitely be alright with it", he grinned brightly.

Sasuke looked away shyly, "Well, It's good as long as you're really fine"

"Hm-hmm! I'm totally fine! Let's go to sleep? I'm actually kinda tired after gaming continuously for so long", he said as he yawned, feeling completely at ease. Because it's Sasuke, after all.

"Come to think of it, me too. It's still a bit early but let's just sleep", Sasuke caught his yawn.

They went to bed a little too early and Naruto looked at Sasuke's back that was facing him. He smiled, feeling incredibly safe next to him.

I wish I could be someone more special to him...

He couldn't stop that thought from invading his mind. He knew better than anyone else that Sasuke was not attracted to guys so it's not that he wanted to be lovers with him, but still, he ended up wanting to be someone special to Sasuke, someone who would be allowed to monopolize him...